On fre, 2010-06-11 at 10:57 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> writes: > >>> Btw., the SQL standard also defines -> for something else, so if you > >>> wanted to be really visionary, you could deprecate that one as an > >>> operator at the same time. > >> > >> Ouch. What does it define it to mean? > > > Similar to C: Dereferencing a reference and accessing a member. > > But a reference would be a datatype no? So we could just regard that as > an ordinary operator. I don't see a reason why it would conflict with > use of the same operator name for other datatypes (unlike the situation > with =>).
The right side of the -> would be an identifier, like (some expr yielding a ref)->attribute or objref->method(args) -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
